Lot 187
  • 187

A pair of enamelled glass mosque lamps, Europe for the Islamic market, 19th/20th century

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • glass and metal and enamelwork
of characteristic form, composed of green glass with polychrome enamel decoration and six applied lug handles, with a stylised pseudo-inscription around the neck between leafy tendrils and floral motifs on body, the underside of body with pseudo-inscription within heraldic shields

Condition

Both in overall good condition, intact, with some rubbing to surface and resulting loss of design consistent with age, mostly colours still bright, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

inscriptions

Both with identical inscriptions (some imprecisions):

‘izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-‘alim al-‘adil (?) al-malik al-nasir ‘azza [na]srahu
‘Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the Learned King, the Just (?), al-Malik al-Nasir, may [God] glorify his victory’